RE: Evangelical Alliance: "We aren't homophobic women-haters"
December 17, 2014 at 6:01 pm
(This post was last modified: December 17, 2014 at 6:03 pm by Simon Moon.)
(December 17, 2014 at 4:59 pm)Lek Wrote: The problem with evangelicals being "homophobic women haters" rests with others who label them so. Evangelicals believe that homosexual relations are sinful and that women and men have different roles in the church and family. Others hear this and then say that they hate homosexuals and women. This perceived hatred is not embraced by evangelicals, but rather is assumed by other people who are ignorant of their beliefs.
The question then becomes, do you personally want to prevent homosexuals from getting married? Or prevent women that don't follow your particular Bronze age texts, from having nontraditional (by your standards) relationships or family structures?
Would you consider Evangelicals that do want to prevent these things to be bigoted?
You'd believe if you just opened your heart" is a terrible argument for religion. It's basically saying, "If you bias yourself enough, you can convince yourself that this is true." If religion were true, people wouldn't need faith to believe it -- it would be supported by good evidence.
